More than half a century ago, I was told (how reliably I can't say) that all Hungarian Jews with ancestors named Sobel/Szobel are related. So this is an appeal to everyone in that group. My g-g-g-gran

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Could they look in Vinnitsa for any variation of the name Guralnick? Many thanks. Dan Rottenberg Philadelphia PA

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This is a call to anyone with Jewish roots in Jaroslaw, Poland (formerly Galicia). A yizkor book for Jaroslaw—"Sefer Yaroslav: gal-'ed le-zekher 'irenu"— was published in 1978 in Tel Aviv. JewishGen h

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I have long theorized that anyone with any variation of the name Rothenberg is likely descended from the 13th Century German Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg (1215-1293) or one of his disciples. See my letter

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Joe, If your family was named Rothenberger and came from Alsace, it's almost certain that they're descended from R. Meir of Rothenburg. Check out this tree and article (in French): http://judaisme.sdv

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I’ve been trying for years to connect my Margulies relatives from Zbaraz, Galicia (now Ukraine) to the rabbinic Margolioth dynasty, also of Galicia.. Two of my Margulies relatives told me years ago th

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David, This is encouraging news. I consider R. Meir Wunder the ultimate authority on Galician rabbis, especially the Margolioth line But I don't read Hebrew well enough to trust my reading of his text

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The only connection I can think of between Perlmutter and Margolioth is this: The name Margolioth/Margulies comes from the Hebrew word margalith, which comes from the Greek word for pearl. Several sch

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Glad you're still pursuing Hungarian Census records, Vivian. Can you provide any hint as to what new records are likely to surface? Best regards and happy new year, Dan Rottenberg Philadelphia PA dan@

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In my family, the given name Shiah is short for Yehoshua (Joshua). One of my Shiah relatives translated that into Charles in English. Dan Rottenberg Philadelphia PA

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Randy, That's very good news. Is it possible to donate to this project via paper check and snail mail? I need to keep a paper trail. Thanks— Dan Rottenberg Philadelphia PA dan@...

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My original guidebook to Jewish genealogy, Finding Our Fathers (Random House, 1977), contains an extensive list of Jewish family histories and where to find them, listed by family name. Of course, the

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Is there a mechanism for alerting JewishGen to errors one finds in the database? I believe I've found such an error but don't know how to proceed. Specifically, I found this death record: 1881 Hungary

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This is a request for insight into how the Hungary censuses of 1848, 1857 and 1869 were conducted. Was the information gathered over days, weeks, months? The question is relevant to me as I wrestle wi

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Yes, the age discrepancy between these 2 Salis is another complication I must explore further. The 1829 birth date for Sallie Klein Jolesz might be an error, or it might be a faulty transcription mean

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Thanks to the feedback above (especially from Phil Karlin), I believe I’ve resolved the original mystery. It had nothing to do with the timing of the census in 1848 or any other year. To my mind, this

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I've had similar correspondence with the prolific Balasz Deri of Budapest. While searching for the parents of a relative of mine named Rebecca Spielberger Deutsch (born Zsarno/Zarnov 1846, married Leo

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I'm trying to track the movements of my Hungarian maternal ancestors, mostly named Klein, Spielberger, and Burger. They appear to have lived in villages around Kosice (then Kassa) in the early 19th Ce

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Thanks, everyone, for your help. Thanks to you, I now see that the village of Lak, 17 miles north of Miskolc, is the most likely candidate. And it helps reinforce my conjecture about relationships bet

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Also check out the yizkor book for Bardejov/ Bartfeldt, published by Abraham Grusgott of Brooklyn, about 1980. In English and Yiddish. Dan Rottenberg Philadelphia PA

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